Are there any movie geeks here? I would love to hear which are your favourite movies, I need some new recommendations to survive next few days.

I love all of Andrey Tarkovskys and Ingmar Bergmans movies, they are like my poetic prayers on screen. I feel great comfort when I discover such masterpieces, those are the things I turn to whenever I need something greater and more meaningful. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I like movies (music as well) that are like grains for the mill in my brain.

I’m such a movie geek I’m finishing my undergrad in film by making my thesis currently. I’ll talk movies with someone all day. If you’re into properly narrative or doc films here are my top 3 at the moment:

Arrival

Cafe Society

Restrepo

That said, it sounds like we both appreciate the visual music of film, the fluidity and eloquence of a moving image, it’s ability to say so much more than the written word. If you’re looking for the best film I could recommend, that’s easy: Tree of Life by Terrence Malick.

I know plenty of people knock it as a trope that film geeks like it too much, but it does some things no other movie’s ever done for me. It’s one that I typically need to sit with for a while before nodding off to sleep. I’d recommend you tour through his films to get an idea of his strengths and weaknesses that come with the territory of reconsidering how to tell compelling stories.

The Seventh Seal is a great movie, you have probably seen.
The Bicycle Thieves (Italian, 1948)
The Triplettes of Belleville (French, animated)
Amélie (French)
If you like Jim Jarmusch movies, Down by Law, Dead Man.
Smoke (1995)

If you liked Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage (the Scandi mini series) then you may like the Before Trilogy. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight were good. I like the use of time gaps and the first one I’m particular just really captured a time. The others carry that energy through the characters and use of setting but the first one was just really enchanting if you like dialogue think pieces.

I think I saw Tree of Life at least four times it’s one of my personal favourites too the way it speaks to me is indescribable. Or I just lay in my room and listen to Zbignew Preisners soundtrack for the movie and it sets my soul on fire.
Thanks for the other recommendations.
Have you watched Kieslowskis color trilogy?